Adamant word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "adamant" word

[noun] very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
[adjective] not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendancy"

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\Ad"a*mant\ ([a^]d"[.a]*m[a^]nt), n. [OE. adamaunt, adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis, the hardest metal, fr. Gr. 'ada`mas, -antos; 'a priv. + dama^,n to tame, subdue. In OE., from confusion with L. adamare to love, be attached to, the word meant also magnet, as in OF. and LL. See {Diamond}, {Tame}.] 1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness. Opposed the rocky orb Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. --Milton. 2. Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] ``A great adamant of acquaintance.'' --Bacon. As true to thee as steel to adamant. --Greene.

Synonyms for adamant

adamantine, diamond, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent

Related terms: adamantine, granitic, hard-core, immobile, immovable, intransigent, irremovable, petrified, rigid, rigorous, rock-ribbed, standpat, steely, stubborn, unalterable, unextendible, ungiving, unmoved, unmoving, unpliable, unrelenting, unyielding

The fun area, different aproach to word »adamant«

Let's analyse "adamant" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Three syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: TNAMADA. Average typing speed for these characters is 1930 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .- -.. .- -- .- -. -

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: adamant: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: adamant: 1 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 = 18, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (3)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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